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Human land-use and climate change will have significant impact on animal genetic diversity, study finds

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have made the first ever global assessment map of how future climate and land-use change impacts genetic diversity in mammals.

Jens Juul (Simon SkippeR)

Danish diabetes researcher receives international top award: "There's hope to think that diabetes can be cured"

Jens Juul Holst from the University of Copenhagen, who identified GLP-1, is one of the world’s leading diabetes researchers.

Astronaut

Astronauts’ brains can offer valuable insight into the circulation in the brain

Astronauts may be the key to better understanding the basic functions of the brain, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen reveals.

neuron and astrocyte

Essential tremor

Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor by turning on overlooked cells in the central nervous system

Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor in mice. By injecting a specific synthetic cannabinoid into the spinal cord of mice suffering from essential tremor, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that the drug can reduce involuntary shaking – as the cannabinoid activates a particular type of cell, the so-called astrocytes.

Jens Juul Holst og Juleen Zierath.

UCPH researchers receive prestigious prizes from the American Diabetes Association

Two researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Jens Juul Holst and Juleen R. Zierath, receive prestigious prizes from the American Diabetes Association.

corona vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on UCPH research ready for testing on humans

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at the University of Copenhagen has just been approved for phase 1 testing on humans. The research results are promising so far.

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